Saudi policeman shot dead
The officer was hit by gunfire from "an unknown source" as he got out of his car in Dammam
The officer was hit by gunfire from "an unknown source" as he got out of his car in Dammam. PHOTO: AFP
RIYADH:
A Saudi policeman was shot dead Saturday in the kingdom's Shia-populated east, the interior ministry said.
The officer was hit by gunfire from "an unknown source" as he got out of his car in a neighbourhood northwest of the city of Dammam, said a ministry spokesperson quoted by the official SPA news agency. He was part of a unit assigned with guarding public installations.
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Authorities have launched an investigation into the attack, the latest in a series against officers in Shia areas of the oil-rich east of the kingdom, the spokesperson added.
It is the third attack of its kind in Dammam during the past two months. The Shia minority in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia has long complained of discrimination.
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There has been sporadic unrest since the suppression of a Shia-led uprising in neighbouring Bahrain sparked a wave of protests in 2011. Saudi security forces have also come under attack by Sunni extremists linked to al Qaeda or the Islamic State group.
A Saudi policeman was shot dead Saturday in the kingdom's Shia-populated east, the interior ministry said.
The officer was hit by gunfire from "an unknown source" as he got out of his car in a neighbourhood northwest of the city of Dammam, said a ministry spokesperson quoted by the official SPA news agency. He was part of a unit assigned with guarding public installations.
Gunmen kill two Saudi police
Authorities have launched an investigation into the attack, the latest in a series against officers in Shia areas of the oil-rich east of the kingdom, the spokesperson added.
It is the third attack of its kind in Dammam during the past two months. The Shia minority in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia has long complained of discrimination.
Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Saudi Eastern Province
There has been sporadic unrest since the suppression of a Shia-led uprising in neighbouring Bahrain sparked a wave of protests in 2011. Saudi security forces have also come under attack by Sunni extremists linked to al Qaeda or the Islamic State group.